Succession of Hawkins
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Porter Parker, Judge. In the matter of the Succession of John Armand Hawkins. Rules by Istella Flannery Hawkins, wife of Merlin J. Bellau, against Charles Hawkins, testamentary executor, testamentary tutor, and natural tutor. From the judgment, Charles Hawkins and others appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
On the 20th of May, 1905, John Armand Hawkins adopted as his child an orphan girl named Imelia Stella Flannery, then 9 years of age. Having no children, he gave her the right to bear his name and to become the sole heir to his estate. On the same day he made an authentic act of donation to her of a house and two lots on Cleveland avenue, in New Orleans.
Mr. Hawkins made his last will and testament on-the 2d of May, 1910, and died on the 5th of that month, leaving no other forced heir than this adopted daughter, whom he called, in the will, Istella Flannery Hawkins. He bequeathed to her and to…
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